Dina

Stone Number: CT 183

Only three records document Dina’s life in Lyme. At age 21 she was listed in the estate inventory of Samuel Selden (1695-1745) and appraised at 100 pounds. Her circumstances over the next 70 years are not known, but as a young woman she likely provided domestic labor for Selden, who owned extensive acreage, called Twelve Mile Island Farm, that included a cove along the Connecticut River, agricultural land, a sawmill, and a prosperous fishery. Town records and the records of Lyme’s third church both note Dina’s death from old age and other debility in 1811 when she was “about 90.”

Significant Dates

  • 1811: Death

Primary Sources

Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut) (Accessed Ancestry.com)

Project Documentation

Dedicated On: May 31, 2024
Location: Old Lyme Historical Society
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